Chapter 1 A Narrow Escape

The Special Operations Company passed through a checkpoint without incident. Along the way, not a single soldier spoke.

Seriousness is contagious, and Lin Fan remained silent.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company gradually calmed down.

Everyone maintained a solemn and tense atmosphere until they reached the next checkpoint.

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro also saw the distant airport sky was red.

However, they were too far away, and his position was too low to find out what exactly had happened in that direction.

But the night sky, half of which was red, allowed for endless speculation.

In any case, there was a naval airfield and countless naval ships in that direction.

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro's heart was like a cat scratching, he really wanted to fly over and see what was happening there.

Suddenly, a long line of people walked in front of him.

He and the devils guarding the checkpoint became nervous, pointing their guns at the approaching line.

"Prepare the machine guns!"

"Close the barricades!"

When the line came up to them.

They recognized it as the same group that had passed by in the afternoon.

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro's face was still red and swollen, and he had a deep impression of this irritable lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro quickly ordered the soldiers to open the barricades and asked cautiously, "What happened at the airport?"

Lin Fan said coldly, "There was an enemy sneak attack! This matter seriously affects the image of the Empire.

No spreading the word!"

Hearing that it would affect the image of the Empire, Second Lieutenant Kato Taro immediately dared not speak.

He knew something about it; the Empire was not as invincible as it was publicized on the battlefield, and the battles were not going so smoothly.

If news of many unfavorable imperial battles were to spread, it would seriously affect the people's confidence and determination to support the war.

The consequences for those who leaked this information, if reported by someone with ulterior motives, would be very miserable.

He immediately shut his mouth and dared not ask any more questions.

With these words from the major.

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro noticed that the soldiers in this team were all tightly gripping their guns, their bodies full of the smell of gunpowder.

Beneath their serious expressions, they hid tension and fear.

From this, he could see that the Empire had suffered a great loss in the sneak attack at the airport.

"Were all the Navy's planes destroyed?" He suddenly leaned to Lin Fan's ear and whispered.

The expression on Lin Fan's face suddenly became wonderful: tense, fearful, as if his secret had been revealed.

Lin Fan waved his hand to speed up the Special Operations Company’s departure, and stopped the other devils at the checkpoint from approaching.

Like a good friend, he pulled Second Lieutenant Kato Taro away, making sure that the devils above the checkpoint could not hear.

Only then did he whisper, "Yes! The entire airport was destroyed.

The Empire's warriors sacrificed many to cover our escape.

If it weren't for their bravery, we would have been destroyed together.

It doesn't matter if we die, but if something were to happen to the supplies we are transporting, the entire Empire would be oppressed by those Westerners."

After Lin Fan finished speaking this long passage, he never looked at Second Lieutenant Kato Taro again.

He urged the soldiers of the Special Operations Company to quickly pass through the checkpoint.

As if the further away from Jiangwan Airport, the safer they would be.

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro stood quietly with Lin Fan, watching the team leave.

His heart was in turmoil: the airport was attacked, and all the Navy's marines were killed.

Could the Shanghai Marines, also members of the Navy, be drawn to the Marine Corps in the aircraft carrier fleet?

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro desperately wanted to leave this humiliating team.

As long as he could leave the Shanghai Marine Corps, he would be willing to join the army as a *maru* (fool), even if it meant being looked down upon.

It was only after the transport team had passed for a long time that Second Lieutenant Kato slowly walked back to the checkpoint and returned to his room.

After quietly lying down, he no longer cared about what was happening outside.

Hiding in a small building to become one, regardless of spring, summer, autumn, and winter!

Second Lieutenant Kato Taro's heart was really tired: in order to jump out of the environment that bound him.

He was really dreaming.

The Special Operations Company passed through two checkpoints tonight, which was only half of the mission completed.

The remaining question was how to enter the concession.

The men and weapons could enter through the sewers, but how could so many mules and horses get in?

Now it was Li Xian's turn to take action.

Li Xian first instructed the soldiers of the Special Operations Company to wait in an open space outside the concession.

He hurried to find organizational support. When he contacted Director Pan yesterday morning, Li Xian had already told Director Pan about taking the Special Operations Company into the concession.

He needed to find a telephone and contact Director Pan!

In fact, after Li Xian left, Director Pan Hannian began to get busy.

Director Pan had rich experience in struggle, and he had long wanted to meet Lin Fan, who led such a company formed by defeated soldiers.

Today, he could finally get his wish.

As soon as Li Xian and the others left, he immediately went to another hidden room.

He organized his language and encrypted the situation reported by Li Xian and sent it to northern Shaanxi.

Sunlight shone, and in a cave on the hillside, the telecommunications team that received the telegram immediately translated the telegram sent by Director Pan Hannian.

Soon, the telegram was sent to a courtyard not far away.

After reading the telegram, Li Desheng said in a hearty Hunan accent, "As expected, they did it. He is worthy of being a warrior who can defend the Sihang Warehouse alone."

Another voice rang out, "Comrade Desheng! The raid on Hongqiao Airport is not easier than defending the Sihang Warehouse.

Has he learned the essence of guerrilla warfare with such tactics?"

Li Desheng said with a smile, "This is the best way to fight with weak forces.

If there are few soldiers and weak strength, and they fight head-on on the battlefield, they will not be able to achieve the purpose of blocking and destroying the enemy at all.

Only by adhering to movement, rapid maneuver, finding the enemy's weakness, and forming our local advantage.

Give the enemy a fierce blow.

It is better to break one finger than to injure ten fingers.

Completely annihilating the enemy at Hongqiao Airport can give the devils great psychological pressure.

And it will also make the devils shrink back and forth when deploying their troops. If there are fewer troops, we will eat them.

If there are more troops, they can't bear it either, and they can't send out so many teams.

Discovering opportunities for battle in movement, discovering and annihilating the enemy in movement.

This is the guerrilla warfare method that we should learn.

Lin Fan is a good comrade!"

Commander Zhu said with a smile, "With the strength of a company, eating up two thousand devils, such a company should not be said to be weak.

I think it is even stronger than our division!"

Li Desheng nodded with a smile, "Tell Comrade Pan Hannian to help as much as possible with the requirements of the Special Operations Company.

The backbone members needed by the Special Operations Company should also be in place as soon as possible.

Our strength in the Central China region has been severely damaged by the attacks and oppression of the ** faction in recent years.

So much so that it has not recovered yet. Now that we have such a team, it can slightly make up for our shortcomings in the Central China region.

In addition, you can say hello to Comrade Lin Fan and see if we can send more people over there.

Learn his advanced tactics, fight the devils.

Learning from the most capable and best at fighting devils is the purpose of our organization."

Director Pan Hannian received a reply from northern Shaanxi and immediately began to take action.

After a few turns, he found someone he trusted and searched for suitable warehouses in various directions of the concession, exploring the roads in and out.

Combining the information given by Li Xian, Pan Hannian also knew that the target of the Special Operations Company's attack tonight was Jiangwan Airport.

Then, when they retreat, they must be on the north side of the concession.

Director Pan quietly checked the situation on the north side of the concession to prepare for everything.

The warehouse on the north side was rented not far from the south bank of the Suzhou Creek, and a sewer outlet was directly inside the warehouse.

After renting the warehouse, Director Pan spent an hour personally drilling into the sewer outlet.

He walked through the whole area.

Thinking that the supplies and weapons carried by the Special Operations Company would not be easy to enter the concession through normal channels.

Director Pan specially rented a few small boats, preparing to use them if possible.

After doing all the preparation work, he could only notify a few people and anxiously wait for Li Xian's call in the newspaper office.

Director Pan already knew that Li Xian and the others had encountered the Sihai Gang during the day, and all the purchased watches had been robbed.

Originally, he was just running a newspaper, so he still had some sources of information.

When he heard that the watches Li Xian and the others were carrying had been robbed, he was very angry.

However, after hearing about the incident that happened at the scene, he knew that the Special Operations Company had directly destroyed the Sihai Gang.

He knew that this matter would not end like this.

So Director Pan went fishing like Jiang Taigong, sitting firmly on the fishing platform.

What made the director depressed was that Zhang Xiaolin had already found out that the watches were purchased through the director's connections.

Zhang Xiaolin couldn't find anyone who could eat such a large batch of goods all at once.

He even asked the director to buy the batch of goods again.

After Zhang Xiaolin got the watches from Cai Qingpi and Wu Ergou.

He immediately sent someone to inquire: Which merchant recently sold a large number of watches?

A purposeful inquiry soon received a reply, not only the name of the foreign company that sold the watches.

There was also a matchmaker for the buyer.

That's why Zhang Xiaolin approached the director again, asking him to act as a matchmaker again, and he planned to sell the watches back to the person who lost them at the original price.

The condition was: to ensure that no one would dare to think about this batch of watches on Shanghai's territory.

And he would no longer pursue the matter of the death of those twenty or so lackeys of the Sihai Gang.

He had tens of thousands of lackeys, and it was nothing to die a dozen or twenty of them.

What he said was nothing was nothing, and what he said was a big deal was a big deal.

People who came out to make a living were most particular about face, and hitting the lackeys hurt the boss's face.

Zhang Xiaolin felt that using his face to exchange for hundreds of thousands of yuan was already looking at the director as a cultured person.

Although he was a gangster, the humbleness in his bones could never be washed away.

He had a natural respect for cultured people, although he tried to suppress this respect all the time.

However, this time it was superimposed with hundreds of thousands of yuan, so he decided to endure it and take a step back.

Let the other party redeem the watches at the original price, and then he would no longer pursue the matter of the death of more than twenty lackeys.

Zhang Xiaolin felt that his sincerity was enough.

Well! He seemed to have both face and substance!

After the director heard Li Xian's report: Zhang Xiaolin didn't know who he had offended.

The director knew: These were a group of people who could fight alone and attack the devil's Hongqiao Airport at night.

With the strength of more than a hundred people, they completely wiped out nearly two thousand devils.

Would these people spend money to redeem the stolen watches?

The director expressed serious doubt.

This Shanghai tycoon had been sitting in a well and watching the sky for too long.

Thinking that even Chiang Kai-shek had to give them three points of face, he could arrange for heroes from all over the world!

He didn't even think about it. People who dared to kill people in the street, or even killed more than twenty, were not to be trifled with!

Zhang Xiaolin didn't think about finding someone to mediate, or finding someone to apologize, but still wanted to make a profit.

This vision was too low!

Director Pan admired the fact that Li Xian and the others immediately killed people in the street after being attacked.

Although Director Pan would definitely not do that if he encountered such a thing.

But he didn't know what was the most correct thing to do.

However! If Director Pan took this thing out, he would not encounter such a thing.

Now Director Pan has only one sentence to say to Zhang Xiaolin and the two people Li Xian was with: They are all tough guys!

If all Chinese people were like this, how dare foreigners be so arrogant and domineering in the country for a hundred years?

The director sent the things Li Xian reported today to the higher-level organization and received a reply: Cooperate fully!

Now he was waiting for Li Xian's call.

Li Xian had already said when he left: There will be action tonight, and it may be necessary to organize manpower to enter the concession.

The organization needs to provide assistance.

The director didn't know what kind of help he needed, but tonight he had already arranged for several checkpoints to enter the concession.

Now, Li Xian's call finally came.

Hearing Li Xian say: More than a hundred people with weapons were going to enter from the sewer on the north side of the concession.

There was also a batch of mules and horses that needed to enter the concession.

Both things were easier to complete than the director had imagined.

Mules and horses could be sent to pick them up, as they were not prohibited items in themselves.

Entering and exiting from the sewer was not a problem either.

Li Xian proposed to rent warehouses in four directions in the morning.

The director went to do it immediately after sending him away.

The warehouse on the north side had a sewer outlet.

The road had been walked once in the afternoon and marked.

The director immediately led people towards the north side of the concession.

Three rickshaws pulled six people and ran very fast.

Looking at the red light coming out of the sky in the distance, the director knew that it must be the fire burning at the devil's Jiangwan Airport.

He was very excited: He was about to see the person who had been mythologized by Li Xian.

Li Xian put down the phone, returned to the darkness, carefully looked behind him to make sure there were no tails, walked more than a hundred meters away, and looked back again, everything was normal.

When he met Lin Fan, he told him that the organization had already rented a warehouse on the north side according to his requirements.

And there was a sewer outlet in the warehouse.

Lin Fan was immediately happy: The organization was reliable.

The matter had been done in just a few hours in such a short time.

And when he heard that they had already marked the sewers, Lin Fan was even happier.

He heard that the director would personally lead people over and take everyone into the concession through the sewers.

Lin Fan nodded.

Suddenly he realized that it was night and nodding could not be seen.

He immediately said, "Okay!"

Li Xian then took Chen Sichuan and Feng Junya to the entrance of the concession to wait for someone.

Chen Sichuan's class quietly hid in the darkness, following behind them, quietly protecting them.

Now it was outside the concession, just outside the gate of the concession, and many refugees were already living outside.

Because they could not enter the concession, they could only stay close to the concession, hoping to get some protection.

These people were indeed more or less protected by the concession, after all, they were so close to the concession.

The devil's every move in these places would be placed under the eyes of the world.

All behaviors would be amplified.

Therefore, the devil's behavior in these places could be called civilized, and the devil's reporters also specially took many photos of the Japanese army helping ordinary Chinese people in these places and published them in the newspapers.

Like the devil carrying ordinary people to see a doctor, the devil's medical soldiers distributing medicine to the refugees outside the concession.

Helping ordinary people fetch water.

These dramas all had special reporters who had been notified in advance.

These behaviors of the devils would all be filmed and published in their own newspapers.

Promote friendship!

It was also another battle waged by the devils against ordinary people.

They not only wanted to invade this land, but also to enslave the people on this land.

Just like some islands, after being enslaved by the devils for decades, they forgot their ancestors.

All day long, they only knew how to recognize the thief as their father, completely forgetting where the blood on their bodies came from.

Under these superficial articles, the outside of the concession was completely fertile ground for the survival of the fittest.

During the day, the patrolmen in the concession would sometimes shout a few words.

Although they did not have the right to enforce the law outside the concession, it seemed that no one was going to pursue it!

Li Xian and the three of them changed their clothes and looked like rich people.

Such fat sheep were very easy to be targeted.

Three fat sheep appeared at the entrance of the concession in the eyes of many interested people.

It made many interested people's hearts hang up, really worried about these three people: worried that they would directly enter the concession.

In that case, the fat sheep would become their unattainable big shots.

Fortunately, the three fat sheep were very conscious and did not enter the concession.

Not only that, they also picked up six more fat sheep.

Tonight was a good day.

If it was daytime, if nine people walked out of the concession, if they wanted to do something, these people outside would still have to think about it.

In such a dark night, do it, do it.

Director Pan and the others had just got off the rickshaw when they saw the three people waiting outside the concession.

Li Xian, Chen Sichuan, and Feng Junya were all seen in the morning.

Director Pan's group of six speeded up and walked out.

Less than a hundred meters after they left the concession, dozens of people had already rushed out of the darkness.

The leader said, "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree. If you want to pass by, leave the toll!"